Reiki
Dr Mikao Usui, scholar and mystic, in Kyoto in the late 1800’s rediscovered it in Japan a century ago. He began an investigation into the healing phenomena of history’s greatest spiritual teachers. Through travel, study, research, and meditation, he developed the healing practice of Reiki and spent the rest of his life applying and teaching this method. Hawayo Takata brought the Usui System of Reiki out of Japan. She stated, “This power (Reiki) is unfathomable, immeasurable, and being a universal life force, it is incomprehensible to man. Yet, every single living being is receiving its blessings daily, awake and asleep.” What is Reiki and what does it do? When a Reiki practitioner places their hands on an area of their own or a client’s clothed body, Reiki energy flows through the practitioner into the client. This transfer may be felt as any type of sensation-heat, cold, vibration, tingling, unusual heaviness, or sometimes as no sensation at all. Reiki has specifically been documen